AGES OF THE BOOK INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2014
October 13 -17, 2014
Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Call for papers

The Ages of the Book International Conference, organized by the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas de la Universidad National Autónoma de México (UNAM), the National Library and the National Newspaper Library, takes place every two years. The aim of the conference is to bring together specialists from diverse fields of study, such as written and printed culture, visual design and communication, editing and the publishing industry, history, literature and new technologies, for discussion of academic, scientific, technical and economic issues that will advance our knowledge on the written word throughout history. The conference will explore the wide range of traditions and innovations surrounding the composition of texts manifest in distinct periods and in different regions of the world, from the early production of codices through to present day electronic books.

The organizing committee invites abstract submissions on subjects such as epigraphy, calligraphy and paleography, editorial design, typography, printing processes, ecdotics, textual and graphic editing, electronic publishing and technology applied to editing. Additional topics for consideration are transmission of texts, textual and visual disposition, page design, typography and illustrations in books, text-image relationships, ornamentation, initialing, reading styles and methods, use and management of color in the transmission of texts, usability, design and navigation for screen, e-book interface design and visual ergonomics. The main thematic areas are the manuscript, printed and electronic book.

The conference will be held at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas (Institute for Bibliographic Studies) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico) in Mexico City from 13th to the 17th of October 2014.

All abstract submissions must be received by February 14th 2014. All abstracts will be reviewed by an international committee. Authors will be notified of the results May 6th 2014.

For more information about submissions, key dates and registration please visit our website:

http://www.edadesdellibro.unam.mx

Marina Garone Gravier, Isabel Galina y Laurette Godinas
Organizing Committee